p.g. militia in syria is showing no sign of letting up turkey has demanded that the u.s. pull its troops out of the northern syrian town of nine beds turkish forces and y p g clashed again over the weekend. say saturday's fighting concentrated in the northwest of the african region in this video kurdish fighters target turkish helicopters with small arms fire activists say turkey is making slow progress on the ground. president richard sipe added to supporters just over a week into the campaign he claims turkey has inflicted heavy casualties on it telling me. three hundred ninety four terrorists have been neutralized. and we have twenty martyrs from the free syrian army and our military is full of books. you did. the figures are disputed and cannot be verified in the pen and the turkey took journalists close to the front line in syria on saturday here militia watch over territory they've controlled for the past two years overlooked by white p.g. positions on a nearby hill. so the re continues to show why p.g. forces with support from the turkish air force more and more tu

p.g. militia in syria says it has forced back turkish troops trying to enter the northwestern region of afrin turkey's military announced it has so far struck one hundred fifty three kurdish militia targets in the region it's part of an offensive and calls operation all of branch but it threatens to further inflame the nearly seven year old conflict in syria turkey civilians cheering on the tanks headed towards the syrian border. many support and kurds light is military operation dubbed olive branch. he's inside of turkey why shouldn't we be placed. take his air and ground forces have been pounding kurdish positions in africa and that targeting the y. page a militia which is backed by the us. took his tanks have been shelling the kurdish controlled syrian on clay and fighter jets have been bombing from the sky and chris says the y. page a is a syrian army of the kurdish workers party opaque. it considers that a terror group. could just on workers party and the why p.g. in syria they couldn't stand worker's party is on the terror list of the us and the e.u. the organization that works within s

p.g. militia inside syria shows no signs of letting up and in creasing the pressure on the kurds ankara has demanded the united states pull its troops out of the syrian town of where it's been supporting kurdish forces. turkish troops are advancing with the heavy equipment because it's militia wide b.g. which controls the area south of the turkey syrian border and we're going through calls terrorists have put up strong resistance so far but turkish troops have moved into the first move through success so. i spoke with the commander this morning and as of now four hundred and eighty four terrorists have been neutralized the operation continues. is about to full after that place is taken will advance with even more determination turkish backed troops have been trying to come to the strategically important hill for days the good news for them came on sunday. and pro wants to prevent the kurds from gaining. long term control of the border areas there one sees the white p.g. as an extended ome of the p.k. k. policy which washington has designated a terrorist organization for the us the white b.g

p.g. militia which has been a key ally of the u.s. in its fight against the so-called islamic state the tookie sees the white b.g. as a terrorist organization and this is the u.s. to stop backing them. operation all of branches anything but a peace offering following airstrikes the turkish military with the support of regional allies is marching across the border into northern syria turkey's president has pledged an unrelenting campaign against the syrian kurdish y p g a militia which he considers a terrorist group. will handle offering there's no stepping back we have an agreement with our russian friends kind of also discuss that with the u.s. and other coalition forces. amidst the attacks russia has pulled back its ground troops from the region to avoid accidental clashes experts say turkey is looking to russia for further support. this is inevitably going to mean more close cooperation with russia for turkey and. this is probably russians trying to pull turkey more. is it clink the u.s. position meanwhile remains ambiguous having

p.g. militia as you rightly mentioned the u.s. considers the y.p. g. and essential if not the most important proxy in its war against islamic state jihad is inside syria while taki on the other hand thinks the y.p. g. is a terrorist organization with links to the turkey based p k k the kurdistan workers party that is fighting for independence and fighting the turkish army inside turkey so this is a very huge conflict i do not see any solution to this conflict so yes this is going to cause definitely much more tension. reporting for us from istanbul thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a french court has dismissed a case against soldiers who were charged with raping children in the central african republic soldiers tasked with keeping warring factions apart were accused of abusing the children at refugee camps the court found no evidence to support pressing charges the allegations were first published in britain's guardian newspaper. north and south korea have begun a second round of talks to hammer out the details fo

p.g. militia is clearly linked to this group is accuse its fighters of entering turkey to support the p.k. k. in their operations now that is a claim that is hotly demarked annoyed by the militia but claims that this group a poses a clear and present danger and it says it's a terminal to route it from its positions in the south in northern syria. and the defense minister that you mentioned dorothy's also said that there is no option now for a ground offensive to target the wife b g now turkey just encroach under siege in terror you wonder why did the repercussions of such a move when according to turkish prime minister been in the yield room today he says that turkey has international law on its side it says that when a country is facing such a major terror threat in his words then the country has a right to remove it but there are major threats to this operation given the fact that syria the muskets regime has warned that any incursion into syria will be treated as a hostile act and will be resisted militarily the united states yesterday the pentagon spokesman called on turkey to refrain

p.g. militia has powerful allies not only the united states and in fact the state department yesterday warn turkey not to carry any operation against this group but also as a supporter of russia as well so turkey has powerful enemies its place possibly faces if it does carry out this operation on top of that damascus the deputy prime minister yesterday warned talking not to carry any intervention into his country and if they did it would say they will respond in force against it so there are major repercussions if turkey does carry out its operation and least we will without the support of any of these key players in the region and anyone during the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has been saying that the u.s. is planning no force to be deployed it in a serious opportunity as as turkey is alleging so i think you need to allies actually not in the same page when it comes to this. well certainly not and in fact the the words of a sort of being dismissed by on they say that we're hearing conflicting messages from one minister saying one thing another saying another third the third is pri

p.g. militia the move opens a new front in syria's civil war the syrian government. has warned against any incursion and is also threatening to shoot down turkish jets turkish president richard type out of the water is promising to expand his country's border operations is well he had to say earlier today not yet up now we will clear this terror corridor from our border step by step just as we have prevented a terror corridor from being formed along our border with drabble those and bob operations. we've launched a military operation into the northern afferent province of syria an operation in mamby it will come after offering. the promises made to us have not been kept up to now so nobody can object if we do what is necessary. ok for more we're going to talk to door injun's our correspondent in istanbul adoring are there any signs at this point that turkey is preparing to send large numbers of ground troops into syria. no not yet and i think that what's going on is a very sustained air bombardment already over one hundred targets have been hit according to the turki

p.g. militia during the war against so cool the islamic state but is now refraining from direct criticism while urging turkey to quote exercise restraint in its military actions the u.s. has also said it takes turkey's legitimate security concerns seriously. russia as you heard in the report responded by withdrawing its troops from africa so does this mean russia has given its blessing to this operation pavel felgenhauer as a russian military analyst he joins us from moscow welcome to the house russia given operation olive branch its blessing. de facto yes that's that's a positive there are rushed there is where was a small russian contingent wolk kind of afraid and the kurds believe that while the russians are there they're more or less secured of the turks will not attack and the third to share for us will not appear because the russians all kind of on agreement with the met with the pentagon were covering that part of syria but the turkish military rebel delegation came to moscow last week they had talks with here in the russian defense ministry in general staff and apparently they rea

p.g. militia turkey is dead set against that plan it will mark that turkey has run out of patience. no one should think will sit idly by to watch events unfold. turkey's government wants to prevent a kurdish zone of influence from northern iraq to the turkish syrian border which it believes kurdish militias would use to attack turkey. turkey's attack on y p g forces enough free to achieve that goal the campaign is techies next ride in a long conflict against kurdish armed factions they are often supported by the us techies nato ally as part of a larger regional conflict involving ever shifting alliances. let's look now at some of the other stories making news around the world celebrated french chef paul bocuse has died at the age of ninety one often referred to as the french cooking he was an early exponent of know very crazy it's focused on fresh ingredients instead of the sauce is crews have been suffering from parkinson's disease. veteran politician jerry has handed over leadership of the nationalist shin fein party to mary lou mcdonald adams led the party for thirty four years a

p.g. militia the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force currently there are approximately two hundred thirty individuals training in the inaugural class with the goal of a final for size of approximately thirty thousand or so and after the announcement u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson backtracked he clarified that the whole situation had been misdescribed and ruled out the creation of a border force but here are pictures of kurdish forces who have allegedly already graduated from a u.s. led training course aimed at establishing the border security force that washington now claims won't exist the unit here consists of five hundred men and is reportedly the second to have graduated. let's get some live reaction from this now from alderman for gaga a former turkish ambassador to the u.s. mr little glue welcome to the program it's good to have you with us so we know turkey is moving tanks into syria now ten kurds are already reportedly dead how far might this go. well that's a critical question i have a mi

p.g. militia the u.s. as you rightly said is considering them an important proxy in fighting the islamic state while turkey is considering the why p.g. militia a terrorist organization with close links to the turkish based p k k that is struggling for independence inside turkey and fighting the turkish army and as long as this conflict is not going to be solved and there is no easy solution to this tensions will rise and it's going to be definitely interesting what the u.s. is saying about such threats and imminent full scale turkish intervention in syria could have user yulia han reporting for us there in istanbul yulia thank you very much for that update. now to some other stories making news around the world in germany social democrat leader martin chill's has started his push to persuade party delegates to support talks on forming a new government with arkell's conservatives on sunday delegates will vote on whether those talks should go ahead many of the s.p.d. oppose another coalition with the conserv

p.g. militia the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force currently there are approximately two hundred thirty individuals training in the inaugural class with the goal of a final for size of approximately thirty thousand soon after the announcement u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson backtracked he clarified that the whole situation had been misdescribed and ruled out the creation of a border force but here are pictures of kurdish forces who have allegedly already graduated from a u.s. led training course and did establish in the border security force that washington now claims won't exist the unit hey consists of five hundred men and is reportedly the second to have graduated we discussed the issue with several experts who believe the situation has acted as a trigger for turkey. previously the united states had told turkey that they would not arm the white p.g. the kurds and that they would leave syria once isis was destroyed now isis has largely been destroyed at least the territory that they do not have

p.g. militia in trying to secure parts of northern and eastern syria donald trump has told the world economic forum that the u.s. will not turn a blind eye to unfair trade practices when insisting the country is open for business the us president also stuck by his america first message plans to return range of refugees from bangladesh to me amar in doubt after a falling out between a u.s. diplomat and me among his government bill richardson says he resigned from an advisory role to leader aung san suu kyi when he feared that a hinge of crisis was being whitewashed the u.s. gymnastics board has agreed to resign after a former team doctor was jailed for sexually abusing female gymnasts the u.s. olympic committee told the board to step down after it was criticized for the way it handled decades of abuse claims that he nasser is serving up to one hundred seventy five years in prison for assaulting young gymnasts under his care. venit opposition leaders have condemned the supreme court's decision to block their coalition from registering in upcoming elections the court's ruling comes just days aft

p.g. militia during the war against so cool the islamic state but is now refraining from direct criticism while urging turkey to quote exercise restraint in its military actions the u.s. has also said it takes to legitimate security concerns seriously. well there's some tough talk coming from turkey yet it concedes that it discussed this military offensive with the u.s. and with moscow beforehand well let's pull in our correspondents in russia and the us tonight your english other joins us from moscow and michele macneill is in the u.s. capital washington to both of you good evening yuri i want to start with you can we confirm what russia is saying did it give turkey its blessing for this operation all of branch. hi brenda there was indeed a small russian contingent enough for it contingent and to the chorus believed even the russians who was there would be more or less safe from turkish attacks experts say the kurds obviously believe that the turkish apheresis wouldn't come because russia has a sort of agreement with the pentagon covering that part of syria but last week a turkish milita

p.g. militia the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force currently there are approximately two hundred thirty individuals training in the b s f inaugural class with the goal of a final four size of approximately thirty thousand. soon after the announcement u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson backtracked he clarified that the whole situation had been misdescribed and ruled out the creation of a border force but hey all pictures all of kurdish forces who have allegedly already graduated from a u.s. led training course aimed at a stop listening the border security force that washington now claims won't exist but you need hey consists of five hundred men and it's purportedly the second to have graduated we spoke with also meant to reply go blue a former turkish ambassador to the u.s. who believes the situation has acted as a trigger for turkey. i don't think the us really interfere but the u.s. is responsible is the reason large turkey felt compelled to intervene and to start this operation in the first place

p.g. militia as terrorists. the shattered turn of yielded this evidence of the force that turkey has brought to bear enough turkey's government is determined to press on with operation all of branch which to them has been a success so far. the operation will continue until the threat has removed. a little but the kurdish y p g wants the world to know that they would surrender the enclave without a fight. we will resist and will not allow the enemy to invade our land to the last drop of blood we have we will never retreat from here. those appear to be no idle words missiles fired from y p g controlled territory crashed into this mosque in the turkish border toad of killis causing fatalities and panic as worshippers try to free the wounded from the rubble. the death toll rises on both sides but turkish president. says he will expand the offensive eastwards. u.s. troops stationed in northern syria might soon find themselves caught between kurds and turks each ally determined to banish the other from the region at a

p.g. militia now that's a group of fighters backed by their fellow nato ally the united states stephanie decker and hard cameraman jamil basso have this insight from the city of. as we enter syria it is the free syrian army flag that flies high here we're on a media trip into as as organized by the turkish authorities they take us close to where there's been fighting with the kurdish armed group turkey calls a terrorist organization turkish forces are trying to push it out of the region about the front line is just a few kilometers west of here both turkish troops and the free syrian army are taking part you know i'm not sure that you will see one of the f.s.a. fighters why he is involved in turkey's operation for some it seems it's personal. we're fighting the white b.g. because they betrayed us and especially because they took over my city. i've been displaced along with many of my neighbors for two years living in the camps there are such bad conditions especially now in the winter. what our target escorts are telling us is that the front line with the y p g with the kurdish fighters is just

p.g. militia in trying to secure parts of northern and eastern syria. all remaining members of the usa gymnastics board have agreed to step down of to form a team dr larry nasser was jailed for sexually abusing female gymnasts follows a demand for the resignation from the u.s. olympic committee over the handling of the abuse claims. donald trump has told the world economic forum that the u.s. will not turn a blind eye to unfair trade practices the u.s. president insisted his country is open for business but he also stuck by his america first message plans to return rangar refugees from bangladesh to me and in doubt after a falling out between a u.s. diplomat and myanmar's government bill richardson says he resigned from an advisory role on the ring of crisis after a telephone conversation with leader and son suchi the president of democratic republic of congo's promised elections will go ahead as planned in december in his first speech in six years as waves of protests calling on joseph kabila to quit he is still in office more than a year after his off

p.g. militia in trying to secure parts of northern and eastern syria. plans to return range of refugees from bangladesh to medium are in doubt after a falling out between a u.s. diplomat and me a mars government bilbo jetson's says he resigned from an advisory role on the range of crisis after a telephone conversation with leader also sue chief donald trump has told the world economic forum that the u.s. will not turn a blind eye to unfair trade practices while insisting that countries open for business the us president also stuck by his america first message all remaining members of u.s. gymnastics board have agreed to step down after former team doctor laurie nasser was jailed for sexually abusing female gymnasts and follows a demand for the resignation from the u.s. olympic committee over the handling of the abuse claims diane estabrook has the details. well this was a major housecleaning and now the usa gymnastics organization has to replace its entire board that includes about twenty people which also includes representatives for the athletes it ha

p.g. militia enough in the says nine people including the six civilians have died in air strikes turkey has framed the offensive as part of a wider battle against kurdish separatists in southwest turkey but the airstrikes raise further tension with its nato ally the us syrian rebels backed by turkey are also reported to have mobilized near flynn and turkey's president says the next targets will be man beach that's the town which was recaptured from eisold in twenty sixteen by a kurdish led force also backed by the u.s. but opposed by turkey stephanie decker has more from the turkish syrian border. shortly before sunset on saturday turkey launched its air campaign on africa in turkish officials had said all week that the operation was imminent. much of the president. spoke just a few hours before the jets took off. we would wipe out this corridor will step by step starting from the list after an operation has defectors started in the field this will be followed but. since the promises made it out there and kept so far nobody can say anything when we do what is necessary. throughout the morni

p.g. the kurdish militias in syria now turkey doesn't buy into this kind of rhetoric in all the right to you know like words some of these statements coming out from. the white house but he doesn't buy into that the most important thing was the disarmament of these militias washington saying that while the turkish prime a president go on is saying that we know and we do have turkey reports about how much they give them and the types of weaponry they supply them one of the things that they supply is the anti aircraft and i mean anti war craft or word war plane missiles for what does that have any helicopters or war plane that the. p.g. are going to use against and even though that is defeated now what's the idea of training and having this security while turkey is offering more to offer inside syria they are telling them that we are your allies on the ground and we can help in solving the syrian problem already the three go on to the iran turkey and russia they've. achieved major success and major inroads in suchi in. the united states is being greeter eating and isolated it's the donald trum

p.g. the kurdish militia in syria seeing them as proxies in the fight against the so-called islamic state so turkey is basically by moving further east it's basically risking a confrontation with a nato ally there but the local threat perception the threat perception and is that with this kurdish controlled area in syria they could be something like a kurdish corridor or something close to a kurdish state actually develop along the border and this is increasing fear us that further separatist notions could come up within turkey's own kurdish minority and that's why turkey is so determined to continue and expand this military operation a majority of turks at home according to. the government strategy that you just mentioned in northern syria but as you mentioned if this offensive continues to expand could we see that public attitude changing if the death toll rises. well i don't think so the three turkish soldiers who died so far are being celebrated here as heroes as martyrs who died for the right cause their pictures of being shared on twitter on national television and that's part of th

p.g. which is that kurdish militias so it's understandable while two key is so angry about all of this but of course is not only the turks so angry we've seen the residents of afrin the kurdish residents there take to the streets holding posters and criticizing the turkish president as one as well as his recent strikes and we saw an echo of those protests happening in the united kingdom where some one hundred and fifty people protested in front of the turkish embassy holding up cards and chanting that the turkish government was a terrorist organization that had links to terrorism and to islamic state we also see this happening against the backdrop of the trump administration starting now to back pedal against the statement that it was training a border protection force and the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said that the whole issue was misunderstood be that as it may the facts on the ground are that turkey has started its operations. ok that's paula thank you for those details. now forget the war on terror it's russia and china that are now america's biggest threat that's what

again there over the weekend turkish troops are advancing with the heavy equipment the kurdish militia wide p.g. which controls the areas south of the turkey syria border and one hundred calls terrorists have put up strong resistance so far but turkish troops have no games their first military success so far is i spoke with the commander this morning and as of now four hundred and eighty four terrorists have been neutralized the operation continues. and is about to full after that place is taken will advance with even more determination turkish backed troops have been trying to capture the strategically important hill for days the good news for them came on sunday. and pro wants to prevent the kurds from gaining long term control of the border areas there one sees the white b.g. as an extended ome of the p k k policy which washington has designated a terrorist organization for the u.s. the y.p. g. is an ally in the fight against the so-called islamic state turkey served runs towards men bridge was particularly provocative says washington has its own troops stationed. but an end to the offensive

now everyone also said that he sees how the various kurdish militias the d.d.p. k.k. in the white p.g. are running away he says this is as promised and those that are not running away or being pushed out by the turkish military he also says that he sees this operation in northern syria in the afan region soon now this comes as the assad government criticizes ankara for supporting terrorists in its military operation. authorities paula slayer paula thank you for those details. well turkey's military action against the kurds in syria triggered protests across europe people took to the streets in a number of capitals to denounce the incursion and demand a nest at the escalation of the crisis we're going to be following all of the developments on the turkish syrian border throughout the day so do stay with us for that. at least six people have been killed in afghanistan after an overnight siege is a major hotel in the capital kabul seven other people were injured and fatalities include a high ranking afghan diplomat and a foreign national security officials believe up to four attackers we

to the front line in syria on saturday he approached militia watch over territory they've controlled for the past two years overlooked by white p.g. positions on a nearby hill. turkish artillery continues to show why puji forces with support from the turkish air force more and more turkish tanks are heading into the region as the offensive enters its second week he looks set for the long haul. the kurdistan strangers had hoped their protests would draw attention to the human cost of turkey's military operation in northern syria many of them have friends and family there and say they fear for their lives. they came from across germany united against a turkish military offensive in the kurdish held enclave of afrin. and this is. her family or from the affected area that civilians are being killed the murder and hatred have to stop it's not rice. turkish troops syrian fighters have led a week long offensive in raging german kurds the use of tongues made in germany has added to their anger. and that's why it's so awful to know that my own government is providing weapons that are being used against my people. to go to stern was born i

the front line in syria on saturday here protest this militia watch over territory they've controlled for the past two years overlooked by white p.g. positions on a nearby hill. the shots of the re continues to show why p.g. forces with support from the turkish air force more and more turkish tanks are heading into the region as the offensive enters its second week to he looks set for the long haul. place and the chairman of cologne has broken up a demonstration by kurds protesting turkey's offensive on kurdish fighters in syria authorities decided to shows it down after protesters refused to stop waving flags showing banned symbols security was toys with fears that violence could break between kurds and turks who supported the military operation turkish president rented tayyip erdogan has criticized german authorities for allowing kurdish protests while not promising turkish pro-government action rallies. and the kurdish demonstrators had hoped that their protests would draw attention to the human cost of turkey's military operation in northern syria many of them have friends and family there and say they fear for their lives. th

artillery across the border into the northern syria in recent days targeting the kurdish militia there the white p.g. which the turkish government sees as a terrorist group but the conflict arises because the u.s. sees the y p g as an ally in the fight against eisel in syria thus leading to this rift as you mentioned though the interpretation of this call is very different when listening to how turkish media is reporting it they dispute that this concern by donald trump of the escalation was even brought up saying rather that it was a sharing of views and that trump said to earlier gone that the u.s. is no longer supplying the y.p. with weapons that is not mentioned at all in the white house description of the call which a senior administration official has defended as accurate martin. thank you for that live in washington d.c. . now an undercover report into sexual harassment at a men only charity fund raising event in london has caused outrage the financial times sent two women reporters to work as his steps is at the event attended by male leaders from the worlds of business politics and finance

drive on the local kurdish militia forces the intervention comes after washington announced plans to establish a new border force in the region which will include kurdish why p.g. fighters who are regarded. as terrorists. well let's break it down and look at how power is actually distributed in the border region the areas here in yellow are held by various kurdish militias and here is of course the african region the latest flashpoint in syria where turkey is carrying out its military operation it is receiving backing from syrian rebel groups in the area shown in green turkish time to reportedly closing in on the city of zawiya as well to the east as you can see off a friend and then intends to turn his attention to be the syrian kurds have already asked the u.s. led coalition for support that to get into because washington for its part has called on turkey quote to limit its offense in scope president early on has shot back telling the u.s. to worry about its own campaigns in iraq and afghanistan and he takes a closer look now at the troubled relationship between the two nato allies. unbelievable is this real and nato member telling daddy you know i mean i me

different strategic goals especially when it comes to the role of the y p g militia as you rightly mentioned the u.s. considers the y. p.g. and essential if not the most important proxy in its war against islamic state jihad inside syria while taki on the other hand thinks the why peachey is a terrorist organization with links to the turkey based p k k the kurdistan workers party that is fighting for independence and fighting the turkish army inside turkey so this is a very huge conflict i do not see any solution to this conflict so yes this is going to cause definitely much more tension. to you leon reporting for us from istanbul thank you. well now to some of the other stories making news this hour and in germany the social democratic leader martin schultz has started his push to persuade party delegates to support talks on forming a new government with uncle america's conservatives on sunday delegates will vote on whether those talks should go ahead many of the s.p.d. oppose another grand coalition and want more concessions from the conservatives. north and south korea have begun talks on next month the winter olympic

on the local kurdish militia forces on cruise intervention in the region follows from washington that it plans to establish a new border force there which will include kurdish why p.g. fighters turkey considers terrorists. well i want to try and show know how power is actually distributed in the border region the areas in yellow here are held by various kurdish militias and it's here in the african region the latest flashpoint in syria where we're talking about is where turkey's carrying out its military operation it is receiving backing from syrian rebel groups in the areas shown in green in the center turkish tanks have reportedly been closing in on the city of as well i'm sure then intends to turn its attention here to be sure is how the situation we think is playing out as it stands the syrian kurds have already asked the u.s. that coalition for support washington for its part has called on turkey quote to limit its offensive in time and scope president heard one shot back telling the u.s. to worry about its own campaigns in iraq and afghanistan and we've been trying to takes a closer look now at the troubled relationship between the two nato allies. unbelievab

saturday here protest this militia watch over territory they've controlled for the past two years overlooked by y p g positions on a nearby hill chickasha to the re continues to show why p.g. forces with support from the turkish air force more and more turkish tanks are heading into the region the offensive fences a second week to he looks set for the long haul. african heads of state are gathering in ethiopia's capital addis ababa for the annual african union summit fighting corruption and reforming the union our top goals of the two day meeting headed by ever wanted president paul kagame who is taking over as the union's chairman african leaders are also expected to make a joint statement condemning u.s. president donald trump for port reported slower on the state of their nations. and like many african countries ethiopia is struggling to keep up with a growing population at a staggering wealth gap our correspondent catherine wanda sent us this report. this sleek train could be in a wealthy country like germany but it's actually in a discover ethiopia local journalists and takes us on a tour of the city states the spot hundred seventy five million dollar light railway w

different strategic goals especially when it comes to the role of the y p g militia as you rightly mentioned the u.s. considers the y. p.g. and essential it with links to the turkey based p k k the kurdistan workers' party that is fighting for independence and fighting the turkish army inside turkey so this is a very huge conflict i do not see any solution to this conflict so yes this is going to cause definitely much more tension. to you leon reporting for us from istanbul thank you in iraq at least thirty eight people have been killed and more than one hundred others wounded in twin bombings in central baghdad officials say two suicide bombers detonated back to back explosions during rush hour in the city square the area has been targeted by similar blasts since two thousand and three there's been no claim of responsibility so far but this latest attack is similar to previous bombings by so-called islamic state. for the latest on the story let's cross over now to susanna george she's the associated press bureau chief in baghdad says an offense for joining us now this is the second deadly attack in baghdad in just three

p.g. fight is in syria's a freenet region has already strained ties with its nato ally that's the us turkey considers the wipe e.g. a terrorist group but the militia has played a prominent role in the u.s. led efforts to combat eisel and syria. far in a hospital in south korea has killed at least thirty seven people including patients a nurse says in an intensive care unit firefighters in the southern city of marianne managed to rescue dozens of others trapped by the flames an investigation is now underway. you are officially up to date those are current headlines here and i'll just say right up next it's rewind pencils and bullets we'll see in just under half an hour's time. up to our up. i'm laura. there and back in two thousand. stories and find out how they moved to. two thousand and thirteen and afghanistan. traveled to the remote north of the country to see one of the most dramatic changes to take place in the previous decades under the taliban women had. an education but after two thousand and three. able to return to school after the taliban had been toppled by u.s. backed afghan forces today's rewind film focuses on. the minority tuchman.

help of pro iranian militias without the united states being able to really do much to prevent that i think really now the turks feel that they have a free hand and as such the why p.g. is really at a disadvantage at least in the short term though i would say that i wouldn't be surprised if the russians the syrian regime and even iran decide to in some way provide. some kind of support in the eleventh hour to curry favor with the kurds and really you know limit the advances of the turks so this thing is not over and if we've learned anything from the syrian conflict is that they'll be new chapters with allegiances changing thank you very much and do those who are. that. syria advisor to the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power we appreciate your time thank you very much. plenty more ahead on the news hour including. the. families of one hundred forty three mentally ill patients who died under the botched government policy speak of their anger. and find out how greek scientists have given a new face to ancient history. and in sports. sanchez completes his transfer from man united with. going the other way. mexico has recorded its highest homicide rate in decade